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This Is A Longreads On The Internet: The Inroads Of Slow Art In A Fast Culture

The British documentary 56 Up, the latest installment of the renowned 50-year-long Up Series, had its stateside theatrical premiere earlier this year. The Up Series has followed the lives of the same…
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2836 words)

I Write, Therefore I Am

“You and me What does that mean Always What does that mean Forever What does that mean It means we’ll manage I’ll master your language And in the meantime I’ll create my…
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2716 words)
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The Embassy of Cambodia

Illustration by Zohar Lazar. 0 - 1Who would expect the Embassy of Cambodia? Nobody. Nobody could have expected it, or be expecting
PUBLISHED: Feb. 11, 2013
LENGTH: 33 minutes (8411 words)

Long Stories for Undecided Voters

“Low-information voter” used to be something of a term of art for political scientists: a person who picks a candidate because of something superficial and flighty. Now, however,…
PUBLISHED: Nov. 2, 2012
LENGTH: 2 minutes (521 words)

Where Is Cuba Going?

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Teen Titan

When Scooter Braun, the manager of Justin Bieber and a stable of other pop stars, was growing up, his favorite comic-book hero was Superman. “I liked everything he stood for,” Braun, who is…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 3, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (913 words)

We Are Alive

Nearly half a century ago, when Elvis Presley was filming “Harum Scarum” and “Help!” was on the charts, a moody, father-haunted, yet uncannily charismatic Shore rat named Bruce Springsteen was…
PUBLISHED: July 30, 2012
LENGTH: 62 minutes (15690 words)

Girls Love Me

This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. For public distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, contact ccasey@texasmonthly.com for reprint information and fees. Pretty…
PUBLISHED: June 1, 2012
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4806 words)

The Embers of April 1992 by Mike Davis

TWENTY YEARS AFTER THE SO-CALLED RODNEY KING RIOT, we can do little more than commemorate the deliberate reign of ignorance that has deflected every attempt to understand the deep causes of the…
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1915 words)
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